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11.16.12 - 11:28 PM
Skateistan, or Making Taliban Heads Explode

Australian skateboarder Oliver Percovich started Skateistan, Afghanistan's first co-ed skate school, five years ago with a handful of kids. Now his 400 students - many of them street kids, 40% of them girls - come for the skateboarding and stay for the education. There are branches in Pakistan and Cambodia, and there's a film: "To Live And Skate Kabul." To live and make life better, any way that works.

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